Name: KERRI ANN LIEGEN
was the fastest sperm cell who got to
School: RIZAL NATIONAL SCHOOL OF ARTS AND
TRADES
Name of Parents: MARY ANN LIEGEN, ERIC
LIEGEN
Ambition: TO BECOME EITHER A LAWYER OR AN
ARMY SURGEON
Motto:
“I WALK AWAY FROM PEOPLE WHO PUT ME DOWN.I
WALK AWAY FROM FIGHTS THAT WILL NEVER BE
RESOLVED. I WALK AWAY FROM PEOPLE WHO WILL
NEVER SEE MY WORTH BECAUSE THE MORE I WALK
AWAY FROM THINGS THAT POISON MY SOUL, THE
HAPPIER I WILL BE...”
CHAPTER ONE: THE PRE-NATAL STAGE OF MY
LIFE
I may not be able to remember
anything (well, all of us don’t) but one
thing was for sure during this stage of my
life— I’M STILL INSIDE MY MOTHER’S WOMB.
Open-mindedly speaking, I can say
that this was the time I’ve achieved my
very first achievement in life because I
reach my mother’s egg cell first in her
fallopian tube.
My whole being was still unidentified.
My parents were still clueless about my
gender. My internal organs were still
starting to be developed, and so my
externals. My small eyes, precise nose, my
normally-colored skin, and my short legs
were still being formed. My heart, which
pumps blood all over my body, and my brain,
which wasn’t good in Math, was still being
molded. And so my hereditary endowments
were still being fixed.
Maybe during this time, I was
wondering how the world looked like. I
think my mother’s tummy suffers pain
because of my kicks which showed how
excited I was to come out. I was just so
lucky because I won the race against the
other sperm cells and I got the chance to
live and know how beautiful the world
looked like.
 On this stage, I called my mother’s
womb as my home. It served as bedroom
where I sleep. It served as my playground
where I used to kick. And it was where I
got nutrients through my mother’s
umbilical cord. It used to be my home back
when I wasn’t born yet and I can say that
it was the noblest home I’ve ever had. But
then my younger brother inherited it after
I moved in to the real word.
I can say that being inside my
mother’s womb was the time when I was
still pure and innocent because it was
before I could be able to commit
ungrateful sins. Even though I cannot
remember anything during this stage of my
life, I was still happy that God gave me
the prize of winning the race— which was
‘life’.
CHAPTER TWO: INFANCY STAGE OF MY LIFE
[At Benguet General Hospital, La
Trinidad, Benguet]
It was July 14, 2002 when I got out
of my mother’s tummy. Still, I wasn’t able
to remember anything but I was told that
it was my grandfather who held me first
after being cleaned by the nurses. He
served as my tour guide in my new home—
the real world. He showed me his face as
an example of how humans look like even
though I wasn’t able to clearly see
anything yet.
From La Trinidad, we went home to
Liwan West, Rizal, Kalinga. It was where
my relatives met me for the first time.
‘Manang Aiza’ once told me about how my
mother craved for tomatoes when she was
still pregnant. According to ‘Manang Aiza’,
she once took tomatoes from the
refrigerator without knowing that it was
my mother’s, and she ended up being
scolded by her. No wonder I blushed
exaggeratedly especially when I cry when I
was an infant (well, that was according to
what they told me).
It was this stage when I committed my
first sins. It was when I gave my parents
a hard time in the middle of the night
making me sleep. It was when I bit my
mother’s nipples when she was
breastfeeding me. It was when I poop and
pee everywhere. It was when I stole all of
my parents’ time even the time which was
supposed to be for themselves and when I
refuse to eat the baby meal my parents
would prepare for me. Oh, God. I didn’t
mean any of these.
According to my grandmother (from my
mother’s side), I was one year old when I
started to show off. She said I already
started talking limited words and walking
short distances.
I was a year and a half when my
grandparents (from my father’s side) first
took care of me by themselves because my
parents were off to something for about
three days. According to my grandfather, I
liked him more than my grandmother. It was
him who was always carried me on his back
using a blanket. It was him who always
made milk formula for me but when my
grandmother does, I won’t even touch it.
That was all according to my witty
grandfather.
It was my mother who used to tell
stories about me when I was still an
infant (birth until 2 years old) and she
was fond of telling me one story all the
time— it was when they came home from
somewhere and I was running all the way
from the door to meet them with my diapers
falling off. She said she can still
clearly remember my boogers showing up
from my nostrils and my messy hair tied up
with ‘liting’, the blue string which was
used to tie sacks up.
My father also told me an
unbelievable story which I do not believe
until now. According to him, after I ate
up all my snacks, I would eat fresh onions
and tomatoes like how I ate apples. I
would ask my father to squeeze the
tomatoes to get rid of the seeds because
according to him, I was afraid that the
seeds might grow up inside my stomach.
Although I can’t still remember the
infancy stage of my life, I still got to
know some of the memories back then,
thanks to my parents and grandparents who
keep on laughing every time they tell
funny stories about me when I was still an
infant.
CHAPTER THREE: EARLY & LATE CHILDHOOD
STAGE OF MY LIFE
Childhood was the stage of life when
people are still free from problems. In
this stage, life was so bearable. Though
I’m able to remember most of my childhood
memories, there were still some which I
have already forgotten.
As a 2002-born child, I have so much
outside and inside games experiences. One
of my favorites was ‘chinese garter’ when
I was still thin and light. I can also
actually remember that funny memory when I
played ‘hide-and-seek’ with my cousins but
I ended up going home instead of hiding
because I have to poo at home.
This stage of my life was when I’m
still scared on the warnings of my parents
and relatives just to avoid me from doing
nothing good. For example, when I didn’t
want to take a nap in the afternoon, they
would tell me I would never grow tall.
When I didn’t want to finish up my meal,
they would tell me ‘Gusing’ would take me
away. Gusing was a fictional person which
elders use to scare stubborn children,
that’s what I knew.
Most of my childhood memories were
with my family like when my grandmother,
in cooperation with my aunties, were
paying me a 5-peso coin or more for
getting rid of the parasites living on my
hair. They even scare me to pour vinegar
on my head whenever I refuse. I can
clearly remember that time when I got my
thigh wounded on an aluminum and I ended
up being chased by my parents because I
refused them to put ‘agua’ on my wound.
Well, I’m still thankful because they
didn’t tell my grandmother about my wound
because if they did, my grandma would’ve
applied ‘sili’ on it.
their house. Still talking about him, we
later reunited when we graduated from
grade school because we’ve entered the
same high school. I will just continue our
story on the next chapter.
Yeah, childhood was indeed
unforgettable. I may not be able to take a
picture of my memories as a child but I
will cherish and make sure to remember it
for me to tell and share with my future
kids.

I was in grade school when I met the

first set of people who, later, became so
important to me. I was on the first grade
when I met the two souls who became my
best friends. And it was on the third
grade when I have my first crush who
luckily, liked me back but later, he
suddenly transferred to a different school
which had a shorter distance away from
CHAPTER FOUR: ADOLESCENCE STAGE OF MY LIFE
Being a teenager was the most
enjoyable yet challengeable part of life.
This was when I experienced unexpected ups
and downs of my life. This was when I’ve
felt so much happiness and then later
learned how to deal and face small or big
problems which have conquered me. This
would be the longest chapter because I
have a lot to share about my teenage life.
I was on my seventh grade when I
first entered RNSAT. I felt happy and
excited on the first day of school year
especially when I knew that the boy from
my grade school life would be on the same
section as I am. To cut it short, we liked
each other for years but we just ended up
being friends, HAHAHA.
On the eighth grade, I became a fat.
I don’t know what I ate but I seriously
became chubby. I actually have a group of
friends and we are all four. I was
nicknamed as ‘baboy’. One of my friends
who was also as chubby as me was nicknamed
‘takong’. The other one was nicknamed as
‘kawitan’ because she was more matured
than any of us. And the tiniest was
nicknamed as ‘piyyek’. That’s how we
called each other and we were totally fine
with that. Sadly, our friendship didn’t
last long because of me. I left the group
first because I came back to my old set of
friends which I regret later.
The ninth grade of my high school
life was totally fun! We had a great
teacher and a cozy section. I have no more
something to tell but it was the best
school year I ever had.
It was on the tenth grade when I
first felt depression, not just me but all
of us— in different reasons. I started
being depressed when I didn’t get included
as an honor student on the second grading
and the feeling was so unbearable. I am
not bragging but I was actually once a
valedictorian on the grade school and it
was my first time to get excluded out of
the list of honor students. It was so
heart-breaking but I can’t do anything but
to blame myself. I was traumatized but
proudly speaking, I never taught of doing
any suicidal act like other depressed I actually didn’t deserve the good things
people do. What I did was I just accepted they’re doing for me but I promise to love
the fact that I really didn’t make it to them unconditionally even if we’re not
the list of honor students and I promised blood-related because they’re the only
myself to make it better next time. Being strangers who touched my heart so deep.
an honor student was something to be proud
of but once you aren’t on the list, July, 2019. I am now a Senior High
believe me, it was so painful. After that, student who aspires to become a successful
I took my studies seriously and still person someday. With the hope given by God
became an honor student on the final and the inspiration given by the people
ranking. around me, I will try to pursue my dreams
no matter what!
Despite of being depressed, my high
school life became happy again after I met
those special people who, later, took a
big role in my life. It started when I got
to know someone who became so close to me
and later, invited me to attend a mass on
their church. He was actually an only
child of a ‘pastor’ that’s why I can say
that his family was perfectly nice. His
parents were so kind and hospitable and so
was he. They made efforts to surprise me
whenever there were personal occasions of
mine, they share stories with me, they
invite me to places, and they keep on
showing kindness and generosity towards me,
which I cannot sadly do for them in return.
CHAPTER FIVE: MY FUTURE ADULTHOOD LIFE
I am still a teenager, which means
I’m not yet on this stage. Yet, I want to
write my desired adulthood life in the
future.
Twelve years from now, I will enjoy a
simple yet successful life.
It may sound exaggerated but I am
just a youth who is dreaming for a
successful life someday. With the guidance
of God, I will try my best to achieve this
dream and make Him and the people around
me proud.

At the age of 27, I will reach all of

my dreams. Maybe someday, you’ll see me
either in a military mission operating
surgeries to the injured soldiers or in a
court defending people. I will repay the
people around me who helped me in my
studies especially my parents. I will save
money and buy a condominium unit for
myself.

After I will be able to save enough

money, I’ll marry the man whom I want to
grow old with. We will then promise for an
unending love in the altar of the house of
God (a church). We will build a house in
the Chinese Village in La Trinidad,
Benguet and earn more money for our future
children.